Shade-holder support for lamps



A. G. KAUFMAN.

SHADE HOLDER SUPPORT FOR LAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED JULYI511919- Y 15338,635. Patented P 27, 1920.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH Gr. KAUFMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHADE-HOLDER SUPPORT FOR LAMPS.

Application filed July 15, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it .known that I, ADoLrH G. KAUF MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Shade-Holder Support for Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lamps, and especially to that class where the volatile fluid, as kerosene or gasolene, is vaporized and burned in connection with an incandescent mantle; and the object of my present invention is to provide a shade holder that will simplify the construction over that shown in the patent granted to me June 19, 1917 No. 1, 230,719; a further object of the invention is to provide a shade holder so constructed that it may carry the upper part of the lamp in a readily removable manner so that the same may be easily taken off when it is desired to ship the lamp.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of the upper part of a lamp, with my improved shade holder applied thereto, with parts broken away; and,

Fig. 2 is a transverse section, on the line 2-2 of lTig. 1.

In the drawing like numerals of reference refer to the same parts in each of the views.

In practice I provide a shade holder ring 3, of substantially the same construction as the part 20 shown in the above patent, having lugs 41 on one side of the ring, and lugs 5 on the other side of a different diameter so that shades of different sizes can beheld when the ring is reversed.

This ring in the construction disclosed in this application is mounted on the standard 6 which supports the upper part of the lamp in the manner described in my Patent No. 1,142,814, of June 15, 1915, relative to the part 13.

In this application the standard ,6 is provided with an extension 7; and the ring 3 is provided with a hub 8, providedwith a set screw 9, so that the ring can be readily reversed to hold shades of different sizes, as will be clear.

In operation the shade holder, or ring is supported on one side only as it is support-- ed entirely by the extension 7 of the standard 6. The shade is supported on the ring Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2'7, 1920.

Serial No. 310,928.

3, and when the ring is reversed a shade of a different size may be held as the lugs 4 or 5,v will hold the shade firmly in position.

Thus, in the construction shown, I need not provide means for holding the shade in connection with the burner head, but pro vide ample means for this purpose by simply extending the standard which supports the head. In this way the head can be made in a simpler manner; and it is evident that the ring 3 can easily be made ,of suflicient strength to support the shade.

By using the construction shown for holding the shade the head 10 of the lamp may be removably supported on the standard by providing the set screw 11 in the air-intake part 12 of the head. Thus when it is desired to take the lamp apart in shipping, all that will be necessary is to remove the set screw 11, and remove the entire upper part of the lamp. It is evident that the vaporizer 13 can then be removed, and the standard can be removed if held in a like manner at the bottom, when the lamp will be ready for shipment separated without danger of injury in any way.

It will be noted that in the construction shown, the air passing into the burner head must pass the shade-supporting standard. Thus the inflowing air serves to cool the standard supporting the shade where the shade holding standard is connected with the air intake part in a manner whereby the inflowing air will have to pass the connection. This is an important feature as it is necessary to keep the shade as cool as possible both to prevent breakage of the shade, and also to prevent the shade conveying heat to the burner head.

It is also evident that by mounting the burner head on the standard in this easilyremovable Way, the burner head could easily be taken off when it was desired to needle the nozzle of the vaporizer without disturbing the vaporizer.

Where this construction is used, I may, if desired, provide the air-intake part 12 with an enlarged end 14: so that the standard will not form a material obstruction to the air inflowing to the lamp, as will be clear.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple and efiicient construction for supporting the lamp shade while simplifying the construction of the burner head of the lamp. At the same time I have provided a construction whereby the entire head is held in a firm manner, and in a way so that it can be readily removed for shipping, or cleaning.

I claim:

1. In a lamp burning vapor mixed with air, a shade holder support comprising a standard supporting the part comminglin'g the air and vapor and burning the same, said standard being provided with an extension on which the shade holder is mou'nt ed, and being connected with the air intake in a manner whereby the inflowing air will pass the standard connection.

2. In a lamp burning air mixed with vapor, a shade support connected with the air intake in a' manner whereby the inflowing air will pass said support, and a shade holder mounted on said support.

3. In a lamp, a standard adapted to support the burner head, a set screw mounted in said burner head adapted to engage said standard whereby said burner head may be} removed by removing said set screw, and a reversible shade holder mounted on said standard above said set screw.

4, The herein described lamp head and shade holder support comprising a standard, a burner head mounted thereon with a set screw, said burner head having an airintake with an enlarged end through which said standard passes, and a shade holder mounted on said standard in a reversible manner above said air-intake.

Dated 145th day of July, 1919.

ADOLPH G. KAUFMAN. 

